Flexible licensing architecture for licensing digital application

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United States of America

PATENT NO 7801821
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11051162

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An application includes a plurality of features. A transaction is engaged with a retailer to obtain a product license corresponding to the application. The product license defines at least one feature of the application that may be employed. A base copy of the application is obtained from a distributor and is actuated. A use license corresponding to the product license is acquired from a licensor by way of the actuated application sending the product license to the licensor along with an identification of at least one of a user, the computing device, and a trusted component operating on the computing device, where the use license includes feature policy granting rights to employ each feature defined in the product license.

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  • MICROSOFT CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brooks, Cecil Ray Mill Creek, US 1 35
Girotto, Jay Robert Kirkland, US 2 51
Gunyakti, Caglar Sammamish, US 29 614
Haugen, Todd Clyde Hill, US 28 438

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